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Monthly Archives June 2011

Kudos to Air Canada

Made it to St. John’s after a 3:30am wake-up call, a 6am departure and two three hour flights – first to Toronto and then another one to St. John’s.  When I fly, it tends to be WestJet or on a charter taking me to sunny climes so this was the first time I’ve been on […]

Posted 30 June 2011 § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

How I Choose Which Book To Read Next

We leave for Newfoundland tomorrow morning and as our first extended trip without Pace (10 days!) I’m extremely excited about the possibility of doing lots of uninterrupted reading.  Unfortunately, even though I’ve packed four print books (and downloaded another three e-books to my iPhone), I still don’t feel any of them sending me an urgent […]

Posted 29 June 2011 § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Prof in the Park

For those not in Regina, there was a mini-controversy in the Queen City this summer when a lecture series by a number of U of R profs in downtown’s Victoria Park was censored by the Regina Downtown Business Improvement District (RDBID) after one of the speakers proposed to do a talk on Palestine.  The organizers […]

Posted 28 June 2011 § Library § Politics § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “But now we’re bound for ol’ St. John’s/Where all the girls are dancing/Heave away, me jolly boys/We’re all bound away!”

Hmm, do other provinces have a distinctive musical sound in the same way that the Maritime provinces do?  In a very stereotypical way, I’d say that the music of Quebec is probably linked by the fact that it’s…sung in French.  For the prairies (well, Alberta at least) I think of traditional country & wesetern music […]

Posted 27 June 2011 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Sappy Sunday – The Last Post

A 41-year old blogger in British Columbia dies of complications from stage four colorectal cancer.  Knowing that he’s dying of cancer gives him the wonderful opportunity to compose one last blog entry to be posted after his death where he can write about some of his thoughts on family, life and the beauty of it […]

Posted 26 June 2011 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Surveying the Damage

From earlier today, Pace and my dad check out the #56 highway north of Indian Head which recently collapsed due to the massive amount of rainfall we’ve had this spring and summer.

Posted 25 June 2011 § Family § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – GOOOAAAAALLL!!!

Not even sure what game/league this is from but anytime Canada can score a goal like this with a couple minutes left in a soccer game to tie England, life is good!

Posted 24 June 2011 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

What Really Makes A Vacation Seem Real…

…is when you can look up the long-range forecast for your destination and get a sense of what the weather might be like for your trip.  One week until we’re in St. John’s – hope the sunny weather forecast holds!

Posted 23 June 2011 § Family § Randomness § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Social Media Revolution

Posted 22 June 2011 § Library § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

“Men, Which Books or Movies Have Most Resonated With Your Inner Thoughts?”  (AskMF) MetaSkim – a new news site that attempts to provide targeted local news (MetaFilter) YouTube now has (some really old and/or unknown and/or direct-to-video type) movies for free Google Execs and other tech experts are attending a summit to discuss the future […]

Posted 21 June 2011 § Family § Library § Politics § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,